21 minutes ago, Hurlshot said:

Lord of the Rings Online has aged pretty well. My son, who was born about 4 years after the game came out, wanted to play. I'm hooked again.

Picture doesn't load but yes, LOTRO is the only MMO I've ever hit the level cap on.

There's just something deep and infinite of Middle Earths atmosphere which I find intriguing, despite its flaws.

44 minutes ago, ComradeMaster said:

Picture doesn't load but yes, LOTRO is the only MMO I've ever hit the level cap on.

There's just something deep and infinite of Middle Earths atmosphere which I find intriguing, despite its flaws.

Weird. Tried to fix it.

^ Loads fine for me at the moment.

Can you play that MMO solo?  I don't mind not being able to do group-dungeons or something, but is general gameplay soloable, like WoW was?

9 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

^ Loads fine for me at the moment.

Can you play that MMO solo?  I don't mind not being able to do group-dungeons or something, but is general gameplay soloable, like WoW was?

Yep, very soloable. I've played it off and on for over a decade and rarely group with anyone.

32 minutes ago, Hurlshot said:

Yep, very soloable. I've played it off and on for over a decade and rarely group with anyone.

Can you play an orc, or do you have to be a filthy do-gooder?

Just now, Keyrock said:

Can you play an orc, or do you have to be a filthy do-gooder?

They have something called Monster Play, where you can be a Warg, Orc, and some other baddies. I haven't played much with it, I think it is more of a PvP type option.

https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Monster_Play_Character

It's really more geared towards following in the footsteps of the Fellowship and cleaning up all their messes.

Lotro I never made it out of the tutorial.

3 minutes ago, melkathi said:

Lotro I never made it out of the tutorial.

When did you try it? It's been improved a bit over time

I love the game so I'd suggest that you stick with it. We can even do an Obsidian kinship (LOTRO version of a guild or whatever) if enough people are interested

Years ago, when the game told me to follow an NPC over there *waves in whatever direction the quest text said* and the NPC ran over that way *points in the opposite direction*

Who's got 2 scaly thumbs and a second destroyer? This guy. Behold my Split Rattlesnake:

I had been saving the really hard to get components for tier 3 (highest AFAIK) engine and hull mods for this exact occasion. The engine mod increased thrust in all directions (forward, reverse, strafe, and turning speed) and the hull mod decreased mass (without decreasing HP) and drag, further increasing thrust. That took what was already an exceptionally fast and nimble destroyer right past ludicrous and straight to plaid. I also did basic shield mods on all the shields. No weapon mods yet since I don't have the components, but even stock this ship has massive firepower.

Believe me when I tell you that I earned this ship. I got the money when I went into Zyarth Patriarchy space for some Xenon cleanup duty. The sector I was cleaning up was right next to a Xenon core sector and they sent a nearly infinite number of fighters and frigates at my Odysseus destroyer while I bombarded their stations. They damn near overwhelmed me with sheer numbers many times (they actually did a couple times but save scumming to the rescue).

This is now the flagship of my fleet, and it's starting to look like a real fleet. My military stands at 2 destroyers, 4 frigates, 2 heavy fighters, and 3 scouts. I'm not quite ready to roll into a Xenon core sector and go to war, but I'm getting there. I can definitely defend my own space, that's for sure.

This is my video, made due to the fact GOG Galaxy don't take screenshots in IWD2. I apologize if video is of bad quality, you should be able to twinkle the settings manually,

 

 

Interesting. I tried watching that on YouTube and it asked me to sign in to confirm my age. Must protect impressionable kids from, er, the great games of old?

22 hours ago, 213374U said:

Interesting. I tried watching that on YouTube and it asked me to sign in to confirm my age. Must protect impressionable kids from, er, the great games of old?

 

I don't want any problems, so I made it age restricted.

Would anyone like some trash loot? (I stuff it into "town stash" so other chrs can sell it. Nothing else to use up my 7000ish Eridium with)

 

See this insect-body and weirdly petal-ed head creature? It normally flies and that's all you really see, in distant form. The petals are very closed (didn't even realize the head was like that). This one glitched in the ground and thanks to Photo Mode ....

.....apparently, they have a face!

Edited May 19, 20205 yr by LadyCrimson

damn monkey, driving me nuts because i forgot to equip Mind's Eye

 

 

 

I think she likes likes me.

She comes off like an icequeen but I'm sure she's sweet underneath the poisonous outer layer.

Titus Pullo cucked Caesar lol

 

what an awesome fight this is.

"Slayed!" ?

Ugh.

No other choice given in that quest.

Same with her.

Edited May 26, 20205 yr by Majek

It should say "slain".

 

Slayed is rapidly gaining popularity, but there are still enough of us around who know that to slay is an irregular verb. You had a quest to slay the monster. You slew the monster. The monster was slain.

Oh, grammar.  Well you know it's going to end like it did with snuck instead of sneaked, so why bother. Languages are alive and change with times.

57 minutes ago, Majek said:

Oh, grammar.  Well you know it's going to end like it did with snuck instead of sneaked, so why bother. Languages are alive and change with times.

That one I really wanted to strangle J. K. Rowling for. Harry Potter sure sneaked a LOT with his invisibility cloak. I just looks... wrong. Wrong, I say. WRONG.

Breaking the Vodyani blockade at Ghykra:

 

Bomber squadron on attack run on Vodyani Ark in the Sirius system:

 

Invading Dursay to force the Lumeris to pull back from the invasion of Hissho space:
 

Spoiler

 

(the Hissho and United Empire never understood how much I did for them...)

 

 

The Vodyani trying to break through at Rigel:
 

Spoiler

 

 

The battle marked the end of Vodyani significance, as they were left with two small colonies hidden in Lumeris space.